Table 2.

Perceptions about family medicine factors, items and loadings.

Factor 1: Family Medicine Identity	Factor loading
I am proud to be a family physician	0.78
Family physicians make a valuable contribution that is different from other specialists	0.71
I would prefer to be in another medical specialty	−0.75
Factor 2: External view of Family Medicine
Government perceives family medicine as essential to the health care system in Canada	0.73
Patients recognize the value of family medicine	0.71
Patients believe that family physicians provide value above and beyond referring to other types of specialists	0.68
I have found that other medical specialists have little respect for the expertise of family physicians	−0.55